Kanana Surname
Approximately 25,743 people bear this surname
Kanana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 20,354 | 1:2,269 | 359 |
| DR Congo | 1,505 | 1:49,089 | 5,934 |
| Namibia | 1,243 | 1:1,938 | 280 |
| South Africa | 522 | 1:103,789 | 12,546 |
| Israel | 514 | 1:16,649 | 2,492 |
| Tanzania | 369 | 1:143,473 | 13,134 |
| Zambia | 188 | 1:84,308 | 7,077 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Niger | 157 | 1:122,242 | 4,752 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| Thailand | 126 | 1:560,622 | 95,829 |
| Ukraine | 85 | 1:535,561 | 60,391 |
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Kanana (5,563) may also be a first name.
Kanana Demographics
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Kanana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanana (Bengali: কানন, Hindi: कनणा, Marathi: कनना, Oriya: କାନନ, Russian: Канана) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 21,175th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 283,088 people. The last name Kanana is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kanana reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 89,878th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 5,563 people.
The surname Kanana is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 20,354 people, or 1 in 2,269. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Meru County, where 80 percent reside, Tharaka Nithi County, where 10 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Kenya it exists in 44 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Namibia, where 5 percent reside.
Kanana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kanana surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kanana are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kanana earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.42% less than the national average, earning R 122,580 per year and in United States they earn 23.22% more than the national average, earning $53,167 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kanana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanana in the Bengali language | ||
| কানন | kanana | - |
| Kanana in the Oriya language | ||
| କାନନ | kanana | 56 |
| କାନନବାଳା | kananabala | 12 |
| କାନାନା | kanana | 8 |
| କନାନା | kanana | 4 |
| କାନନା | kanana | 4 |
| କନନ | kanana | 4 |
| କଣାନା | kanana | 4 |
| କାନନପଭା | kananapabha | 4 |
| କଣନା | kanana | 4 |
| Kanana in the Hindi language | ||
| कनणा | kanana | 50 |
| कनाना | kanana | 25 |
| कानाना | kanana | 25 |
| Kanana in the Marathi language | ||
| कनना | kanana | 33.33 |
| कानन | kanana | 22.22 |
| कनन | kanana | 11.11 |
| कानना | kanana | 11.11 |
| अंजनी | anjani | 11.11 |
| काननलता | kananalata | 11.11 |
| Kanana in the Russian language | ||
| Канана | kanana | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kanana
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